FEATURED JOB OPENING: House Parents for Children from Foster Care - Hendersonville, NC

H3 Collective is looking for a unique couple to serve as our House Parents in our Hendersonville, NC home. We are looking for a married couple with no dependent children who see fostering and the care of vulnerable children as a calling and vocation. Our unique model is aimed at providing housing for larger sibling groups or teenagers from foster care within their home community. 

What's unique about our model:

We are not a residential group home. H3 Collecitve owns homes in WNC and these homes are provided to couples who are licensed, or willing to be licensed, for foster care. H3 Collective provides housing, hands-on support, wrap-around care, and any training needed to ensure the best possible environment for the children and for the overall health and sustainablity of the house parents. We are looking for a couple willing to work alongside our ministry to provide a loving and caring environment for the children while helping us develop this unique program. Currently, North Carolina restricts the number of children in homes licensed for fostering to five children under the age of 18 living in the home. Therefore, the house parents would not be required to care for more than five children, but must be willing to care for up to five children at any given time. This restriction also means that we cannot allow any dependents of the house parents under the age of 18 to live within the home. With a focus on sibling groups, ages could range from birth through teens. Due to the day-to-day expectations of this role, one parent cannot work outside the home. 

Expectations:

• A demonstrated passion for serving youth and families
• A demonstrated ability to operate well in crisis situations and knowledge of ongoing issues that can affect care
• A willingness and ablity to care for the daily needs of children 
• Flexibility and willingness to work with youth of all ages, races, nationalities, sexual orientations, and backgrounds
• A demonstrated ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment
• Good interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills
• Ability to laugh, be creative, and have the willingness to make and learn from mistakes
• Displays enthusiasm and confidence in taking on tasks and challenges
• Willing to establish and maintain a steady daily routine for the children that you are responsible for

Compensation:

House parents will recieve housing (less utilities) and any monthly stipend offered by the foster care licensing agency.

Teacher + House Parent - Burnsville, NC

Description of school: Our School is a small, alternative boarding and day school for 27 students in grades 7-9. Our 100 acre campus, located in the Black Mountains of North Carolina, consists mainly of woods and meadows, with creeks and a pond; it is surrounded by National Forest. The school fosters a loving, energetic living/learning community dedicated to supporting individuality while teaching group cooperation. We seek a balance between academics, outdoor activities, artistic exploration, and meaningful work. Experiential learning and responsible participation in community are emphasized throughout our program. Boarding students live in homes with two or three staff members, and the entire community actively shares in work, study, play, and decision-making.

General Responsibilities: It takes a lot of time to work here. We have intense work schedules--usually 60 plus hours per week. Our work calendar generally follows a conventional school year calendar, with some additional work required during students' breaks. AMS is staff-run by consensus; we have no director or headmaster. All staff are expected to attend our two weekly staff meetings, two of our four Board Meetings, and to participate in running the school cooperatively. Everyone is also expected to attend our weekly student-run All School Meeting and to participate in work projects with the kids.

Teaching Responsibilities: Teaching duties can include: teaching academic classes (Math, Science, English, Art or Social Studies) or electives (performing or visual arts, outdoor skills, woodworking, sports and games, etc.); educating students and participating with them in ongoing maintenance of the school grounds and buildings; leading sports, games, cooking, and chore supervision. All AMS staff are people with a variety of skills, talents, and interests, and our jobs cover a wide array of responsibilities at the school. All staff are also involved in planning and leading outdoor education through backpacking and other outdoor trips, as well as our 18 day academic field trips. We are particularly interested in applicants able to teach Math, Spanish, Art, and Social Studies. People with other teaching backgrounds/interests are also welcome.

House Parenting Responsibilities: House parenting is a time-intensive position that involves living in a boarding house with 4 to 5 students and a co-houseparent. Both couples and individuals are considered for house parenting positions. A healthy, respectful working relationship is key to all house parent pairs. Responsibilities of house parents include: running the household (facilitating student's chores, cooking meals and housework projects), identifying and working on general care of the house and grounds (including yard work, the maintenance of the appearance of the boarding house etc.), managing a house budget with a monthly house allowance, helping students with homework, and having fun with the kids in daily life as well as in special house activities. House parents act in loco parentis--in the place of parents--and fill the role of limit setter and authority figure as well as mentor and confidant. The position requires the sharing of one's personal space (one's home) and one's self (being "real''). This usually results in very strong and rewarding relationships between house parents and the students in their homes. At times, we hire house parents to “house parent only” - a half time position. If this is an arrangement you are interested in, please reach out for more information.

Requirements: You must be committed to alternative education; be interested in learning; enjoy being around teenagers; be able to work cooperatively with other adults; and enjoy a simple lifestyle that includes physical work and outdoor activities. Experience in the position for which you are applying is an asset. Willingness to learn about and work within the consensus process is essential. Flexibility and a sense of humor are also very important. We ask for at least a two year commitment from new staff members, as it takes a year for new staff to become acclimated to our program. A four year degree or significant classroom teaching experience is required. We hire teachers with a range of teaching experience levels, from first year teachers to career teachers.

Benefits: Staff receive room and board, and a salary of about $17,990. Most staff members have been able to find affordable health care through the ACA. Other benefits of the job include access to our studio spaces (woodshop, ceramics studio, forge and metals studio), fresh produce from our garden, a monthly food stipend, and some access to school vehicles.

 

On site Managers - Dunn Center, ND

We are seeking a professional and customer-focused hotel manager/maintained couple to oversee our hotel operations. In this position, you will direct the day-to-day operations and activities at your allocated hotel location. Your duties will include managing personnel, collecting payments, monitoring budgets, and evaluating hotel performance.

To excel in this role, you must be approachable and detailed-oriented with proven hospitality or management/maintenance work experience. Our ideal candidate will also demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Hotel Manager/maintenance Responsibilities:

Overseeing personnel, including, breakfast staff, housekeepers and front desk employees.

Monitoring employee performance and conducting regular evaluations to help improve customer service.

Collecting payments and maintaining records of budgets, funds, and expenses.

Welcoming and registering guests once they arrive.

Resolving issues regarding hotel services, amenities, staff and policies.

Organizing activities and assigning responsibilities to employees to ensure productivity.

Coordinating with external parties, including suppliers, travel booking site.

Evaluating hotel performance and ensuring compliance with health and safety rules.

Partaking in financial activities, including establishing room rates, and new accounts

Keep up on maintenance of property 

FEATURED JOB OPENING: On-Site Resident Property Managers - Mountain View, CA

On-Site Resident Property Managers

San Francisco Mid-Peninsula

Are you property managers interested in downsizing to a mid-size, friendly, resident-oriented complex? Are you a pair of people who take pride in where you live and enjoy interacting with people and have the experience and skills described below?

This 34-unit gated complex has low turnover, peace and quiet, considerate residents,  apartments you’re proud to show, and is a cat-friendly complex that does not have resident dogs.    Residents like living here:   “On of the best places we ever lived at.”   “The apartments and grounds create lovely scenery from every apartment.”  “Thank you for making this my home or many years.”   These are real quotes from real people.  And we can provide references from managers who retired and references from residents.     

The compensation package is comparable to property management compensation for a much larger complex because this is a position for a special team who can fulfill resident expectations that managers enjoy contributing to the property being a welcome-home-refuge and owner expectations that the property managers who, like the couple who managed for 17 years, can manage the property with minimal oversight from the owners for several months at a time.   

Duties and responsibilities are summarized below.   Submit a cover letter describing why managing this particular property is a good fit for your combined experience and skills along with resumes for each of you.   (We can only respond to inquires from two-person teams with skills and experience described below.)

Community Relations Requirements & Responsibilities

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills requisite for:

― maintaining the coming-home ambiance residents value

― maintaining good resident relations and responding to residents courteously and promptly.

― maintaining good owner relations and providing updates and responding to requests

― establishing good working relations with contractors and service providers

― establishing working relations with management of neighboring complexes

Enforcing resident and property rules and regulations fairly and equitably
Knowledge of fair housing standards, laws and regulations

Administration Requirements & Responsibilities

Proficient computer skills – Internet, email, Microsoft Office, on-site security system

Collect monthly rents
Submit monthly rent and maintenance logs and bi-annual inspection reports
Maintain resident files and documentation

Conduct bi-annual apartment inspections

Coordinate and schedule service providers for apartment turnovers

Renting (year lease required)

― staging apartments

― responding to email and phone responses to ads promptly

― scheduling potential residents

― conducting property and apartment tours,

― screening applicants:  credit checks, verify information for rental approval submission

― assembling and completing new resident forms and documents

― welcoming residents to their new home

Maintain ongoing knowledge of competition, including in-person tours

Compile periodic rent surveys

Maintenance Requirements and Responsibilities

3-5 years experience in general maintenance

Respond to maintenance questions and requests in a timely manner

Trouble shooting and determine cause of common property, electrical, plumbing, carpentry,
major appliance maintenance issues

Determine whether maintenance is minor (manager) or major (service provider)

Perform minor maintenance, for example:
― building: replace light bulbs, door locks, caulking, blinds
― plumbing: replace garbage disposals, leaking faucets, flush valves
― electrical: replace light fixtures, switches, plugs, adjust timers

Monitor service providers and contractors

Recognize inexperience, carelessness, corner-cutting 

Daily walk-through of  property to confirm compliance with safety, cleanliness and property appearance standards.

Daily cleaning of laundry rooms and common areas.  

Monitor pool  (pool maintained by pool service)

Monitor automatic sprinklers (landscaping maintained by gardening service)

Work Schedule

Approximately 30 flexible hours a week, 2 days off second, third, fourth weeks each month,  2 weeks annual vacation.  An on-site assistant manager covers when the property managers are on days off and vacation.  There is no leasing office so hours are flexible.  Property managers have four tool/work rooms.   

Compensation Package

Annual Salary $90,000 a year plus 2BR 1BA apartment with 300 sq. ft. deck shaded by oak and maple trees, all utilities including land lines and high-speed internet, 100% employer paid health insurance, paid vacation.     

FEATURED JOB OPENING: Seeking a Summer Camp Chef/Head Cook/kitchen Managers Extraordinaire - Susanville, CA

Summer camp is fun, that's a given. But without good food, how much fun can it really be? Come serve our campers and camp family by providing delicious food to fuel their summer fun!

The menu is created, you just need to love to be in the kitchen! Our camp family consists of roughly 115 persons; you would be cooking for this many people. You will have 4-5 support staff helping in the kitchen working alongside you. 

Our summers are warm, and our kitchen gets hot! Must have a light-hearted, roll with it attitude and strong work ethic. A love for food and people is a must to have the best experience! 

Room and board included! *Salary increase available based on applicant's experience with potential in growth through the summer.  Pool and lagoon on the camp property are welcomed for your use on time off. May have access to some activities during off time. **Cabin on beautiful Lake Almanor may be available for use during off time!**

Keep in mind, this job could be carried out by a couple seeking a fun and fulfilling venture together for the summer! 

Lodge Manager(s) Needed in Catskill Mountains NY

A small lodging business in the Catskill Mountain region is looking for a full time lodge manager or couple (on-site in Big Indian, NY). The manager will be responsible for all daily and operational activities, marketing, business development, event planning, and repair and maintenance of the business. 

Ideal candidate would have the following qualifications:

A love of the outdoors
Entrepreneurial spirit
Some mechanical aptitude
Good people and Computer skills 
Bachelor's Degree

Compensation includes a base salary commensurate with experience plus a performance based bonus and free housing (if needed). If interested, please send your resume.